Do you use the crossfader?

[shomili]

I exclusively use the crossfader, which I guess you can attribute to my noob-ness.

know what you mean

[Lantau]

It's not noob-ness at all. If it works it works. No one's gonna tell me I'm a noob cause I use a crossfader. There are tons of other reasons to call me a noob

I use the line faders and still plaster vocals all over each other when I'm not paying enough attention

Just different sliders, knobs and buttons no right or wrong way I muchly agree

[BentoSan]

My smartmixer requires a crossfader to be mapped actually. Well you could get away with not using it but it is helpful. The 4 deck smartmixer that is in the works does mental things when you start moving the crossfader around - no way any human could make those sorts changes on the fly by hand.

Viva la smartmixing revolution !

[janzak]

I use the xfader while setting up a new track - I let the track fade out with the fader and when it's silent, I slap the xfader to the other deck and reset the volume fader so I can work on EQing and levels safely "locked off" from the other deck

My smartmixer requires a crossfader to be mapped actually. Well you could get away with not using it but it is helpful. The 4 deck smartmixer that is in the works does mental things when you start moving the crossfader around - no way any human could make those sorts changes on the fly by hand.

I'm intrigued... want to share?

[B.C.Ninja]

I was actually having a moment the other day wondering about the use of the XFader, I mainly mix using the vertical faders and always have the cross fader centered, that way I can control the independent volumes of each track in the mix and be close to the EQ's so the two tracks blend together seemlessly, I usually like to have both tunes in the mix for a good amount of time and like to switch and cut the two up to add a touch more rhythm and personality to the mix, I usually cut a track out with the vertical faders but the issue I found was that your overall volume diminishes slightly when you cut a track out of the mix for a beat so(time for some punctuation), I started using the XFader as well, I have it set to the curve that is quieter in the centre and full at either end and use both hands to blend my tunes in (using both vert and X faders) eventually both tunes are hard in the mix and I can cut either tune out with the X fader without loosing overall volume whilst still in the mix.

[BradCee]

the issue I found was that your overall volume diminishes slightly when you cut a track out of the mix for a beat so(time for some punctuation), I started using the XFader as well, I have it set to the curve that is quieter in the centre and full at either end and use both hands to blend my tunes in (using both vert and X faders) eventually both tunes are hard in the mix and I can cut either tune out with the X fader without loosing overall volume whilst still in the mix.

try setting the curve the other way, instead of the gentle curve, use the harder curve?

more like this (one i use, and i sometimes use faders the way you described);


instead of this (which is what i assume you're using?);


the VCI100 has a knob on the back to do this, or you can change it in traktor. the beauty of the top one is that you can cut a track in/out in a similar way to cutting when scratching

[Ciar2001]

Now i have my Xone 4D i tried switching of the xfader but i just cant get used to not using it, I EQ tracks exclusively in my headphones then slowly bring the volume channel of the deck I am mixing in with the xfader in the centre already, once I am happy the tracks are sitting nicely, as Sebastian said i slowly bring the volume up on track coming in and gradually drop the one going out, along with fx and gradually fade it out using the xfader, this is how I have always mixed even without eq's but then i used to keep the volume of the deck coming in lower rather than putting it up full and using the eq's instead

hopefully some of that made sense lol!

[DvlsAdvct]

See, and I had the opposite reaction when I was forced to using the volume faders at a gig cause one night I got really drunk and kinda broke the mixer's crossfader (whoops)

I'd find the curve of the volume faders to be a lot less controll-able to me than the crossfader with the volume at a set level, with small tweaks here and there.

To each their own, right?

[Ciar2001]

See, and I had the opposite reaction when I was forced to using the volume faders at a gig cause one night I got really drunk and kinda broke the mixer's crossfader (whoops)

I'd find the curve of the volume faders to be a lot less controll-able to me than the crossfader with the volume at a set level, with small tweaks here and there.

To each their own, right?

Think your right volume faders to me are less subtle than an x fader, but that might be because i make sure to EQ first..

and yes to each their own